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Robbers' Stone, Chitterne Down, Wiltshire c.1920

Robbers' Stone, Chitterne Down, Wiltshire c.1920

Image Reference: 25128
Artist/Photographer: Dafnis, George Love
Image Date: 1920
Measurements: 16.7 x 12 cm
Medium: glass negative
Collection: Dafnis
Library Reference: Private Box 256
Credit: Peter Dafnis
Library: Private Collection

Description: Part of the inscription reads: This Monument is erected to record the awful end of BENJAMIN COLCLOUGH a Highway Robber who fell Dead, on this Spot, in attempting to escape his Pursuers after Robbing Mr. Dean of Imber, in the Evening of 21st October 1839 and was buried at Chitterne without Funeral Rights. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them.
Photographed by George Love Dafnis of Bath. Copied from the photographer's original glass negative.

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